It prevents rootkit malware that loads before the OS and therefore is very difficult to detect. If enabled, it tells your machine to only load the OS if it’s signed by a trusted key and hasn’t been tampered with.
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Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•Pixelfed user count has gone vertical.English
8·10 months agoStreisand effect. There’s a news story going around about Meta intentionally deleting links to Pixelfed: https://www.404media.co/meta-is-blocking-links-to-decentralized-instagram-competitor-pixelfed/
I’m sure Zuckerberg’s recent comments are helping as well.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
Fediverse@lemmy.world•Pluralistic: Bluesky and enshittification (02 Nov 2024) – Cory DoctorowEnglish
26·1 year agoNo, but the whole point of Doctorow’s Enshittification essay is that it inevitably will. In the same way animals keep evolving into crabs due to convergent evolution, social media companies will keep turning into shit because the market incentives push them that way.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What joke, in otherwise great sitcoms, do you hate?
111·1 year agoWas it supposed to be funny? I thought the joke was that he was a terrible hackneyed comedian.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
linuxmemes@lemmy.world•Windows updating just before thesis defense
411·1 year agoBecause the alternative is people getting compromised and getting their computer crypto locked, accounts stolen or their bank account drained.
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
Security@lemmy.ml•Amazon storing classified US government documents improperly
211·2 years agoThat’s pretty obviously fake. This is what the real markings look like: https://www.archives.gov/files/isoo/training/marking-booklet-revision.pdf
Cornelius_Wangenheim@lemmy.worldto
Security@lemmy.ml•Amazon storing classified US government documents improperly
67·2 years agoDocuments marked “not for public release” aren’t classified. They’re what’s called controlled unclassified information (CUI). It’s anything from PII, law enforcement victim records to sensitive (but unclassified) technical manuals. There’s dozens of categories if anyone cares to look at them: https://www.archives.gov/cui/registry/category-marking-list
They shouldn’t be sitting out there, but it’s also not a crime.
And thank you Microsoft.

That or Google “<model> service manual”